Episode: Car Chases & Beer Joints

Running from the cops on the backroads of Georgia, moonshine in the trunk. This week, Mitchum takes us back to some good ole’ moonshine stories, hiding in cemeteries, losing his bar in a dice game, and getting into a fight he couldn’t win.

“I can’t remember exactly what he said but I had to say something. I couldn’t just take it in front of these two girls. So okay, he pulls over. He accepts my invitation to get out of the car. Big mistake.” Mitchum on his run-in with a tall man

Early 1970s Atlanta Races – Cousin Ophar sitting in front, Sandra Towers and Mike Towers with Mitchum in the middle

Mitchum with nephew Steve Reeves with 1959 Buick (fast!) headed to get a load of bonded liquor in Atlanta